NOTE: In this thread I have put many informations in few easy steps for you to compare If your machine can run this beast.


READ! Important IN whole this thread I will tell you how you can compare your machine, if your computer will run GRAW Well in Step by Step stages
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*UPDATE LOG*

• 05.02.07- 8800GTX ADDED
  
• 28.02.06- VIDEOCARD PRICES ADDED
  
• 18.04.06- NEW VIDEOCARDS 7900-SERIES ADDED
  
• 06.05.06- NEW SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ADDED (TY phantom110565)
  

UPCOMING FEATURES

• Cheapest videocards (Full list coming soon)
  
• AGEIA PPU Information (Not necessary needed)
  
• More videocards (Laptop's and others)
  

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Step ONE: Check PC System Requirements

Minimum:

• Processor: Intel or AMD, 2 GHz
  
• Memory: 1024 MB RAM
  
• Operating System: Windows 2000/XP
  
• DirectX: DirectX9.0c
  
• Graphics Card: 128 MB DX9.0c compatible card (GeForce 6200 or higher, Radeon 9600 or higher)
  
• Sound card: DirectX9 compatible sound card
  
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive : x2 read speed
  
• Network: High-speed modem with 64 Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a client, 512Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a server on a full game.

Recommended Configuration:

• Processor: Intel or AMD 2.8 GHz
  
• Operating System: Windows 2000/XP
  
• Memory: 1024 MB RAM
  
• Disk Space: 850 MB (?)
  
• Graphics Card: 256 MB DX9.0c compatible card,
  
• Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
  
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive : x2 read speed
  
• DirectX Version: 9.0c
  
• Network: High-Speed Modem with 128 Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a client, 512-1024Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a server on a full game.
  
  
  *Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2* * Note these Specs are not Dominant Yet*
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• Processor: Intel or AMD, 2 GHz
  
• Memory: 1024 MB RAM (2064 MB RAM recommended)
  
• Operating System: Windows XP/Vista
  
• DirectX: DirectX9.0c
  
• Graphics Card: 128M of memory (256 M recommended), support of Shaders 2.0
  
• Sound card: DirectX9 compatible sound card
  
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive : x2 read speed
  
• Network: High-speed modem with 64 Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a client, 512Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a server.

Graphics Cards Supported:

Radeon 9600

Radeon 9700

Radeon 9800

Radeon X300

Radeon X600

Radeon X800

Radeon X1600

Radeon X1800

Radeon X1900

GeForce 6200

GeForce 6600

GeForce 6800

GeForce 7800



Nvidia 5xxx series is NOT supported!

If this is your GPU, then you will need a hardware upgrade to even play the game !

Game now also REQUIRES Pixel Shader 3.0 support!

Also, Minimum Specs will barely run the game, and give only LOW settings at best.

Recommended Specs will deliver only MEDIUM at best. Keep this in mind when purchasing hardware upgrades and the game.

Good rule of thumb for buying GRAW and performance expectations:

Recommended Specs need to be doubled, and Minimum Specs should be what the Recommend Specs are.


Step TWO: Check YOUR Specs

it's generally a VERY GOOD IDEA to find out as much information as you can about your system. A good way to do this would be to install and run a free analysis program like one of the below:

• Lavasys Everest Very comprehensive, will give you exact information. Must wait while it runs after downloading and installing. Find CPU/motherboard information by checking Summary->Motherboard, find RAM information under Motherboard->SPD (only need to note the modules listed, not their various information pieces) and for the graphics card, check GPU.
  
• Crusial System Scanner If you've got an Internet connection availible from the PC in question, this is very quick & straightforward; download it, (it's only 77KB) run it, and it will scan and upload all the necessary information to Crucial's website, and automatically open up a page with the results in a matter of seconds. Ignore the graphics card tab, but take a look at the information listed on the left-hand sidebar; it will have virtually all the information you need if you want to ask a question about your system, and exactly that. You don't have to purchase anything through them, and it's cheaper elsewhere anyway, but it's a very useful tool.

*High-Dynamic Range (HDR)
HDR will apparently work with all SM2.0 and later cards, but it also appears that a SM 2.0 card may even be REQUIRED to play the game. as noted in December live chat the game uses a shadow-mapping method instead of stencil(?) shadows like Doom3, or FEAR(?). This performs far better, allows for easy, true soft shadowing, and if you have a SM 2.0 extended or SM 3.0 card, can be handled very, very fast.

Step THREE: Videocards

For those Who are really curious as how good their video card is, I have checked out a about of how good any video card in use today stacks up against each other. It's VERY hard to make a list,so it's not gaurunteed to be accurate. Keep in mind that the amount of videocard RAM memory on the board has NO real impact on performances in and of itself; it just makes into play in determining how well the card will do on specific detail levels. As a general rule, the lower on the list the card comes, the more powerful it is; all cards in one lower list section ARE more/most powerful than those of the section above it, and generally, (this list was done after looking at hundreds of benchmarks, and aren't nearly perfect) Well here's the list:
ATTENTION: GRAW is using Diesel Engine 6.0, that was made with NVIDIA Support,so expect ALL Geforce cards to run GRAW better than ATI's cards. It os possible that Geforce 7800 can outperform Ati X1900, because of that reason (Remember that, it is yet a expection)


OUTDATED these cards DO NOT/DO SUPPORT 1.x Pixel Shaders and won't run GRAW
* Radeon 7000
* GeForce 4 MX 4000
* GeForce 256
* GeForce 2 MX
* Radeon 7200
* GeForce 2 GTS
* GeForce 2 Pro
* GeForce 2 Ti
* GeForce 2 Ultra
* GeForce 4 MX 420
* Radeon 7500
* GeForce 4 MX 440
* Radeon 9100 IGP (integrated graphics)
* Volari V3
* Radeon 9250
* GeForce 3
* Radeon 9000
* Radeon 9200
* Matrox Parahelia 128
* GeForce 3 Ti 200
* Radeon 8500 &
* Radeon 9000pro
* Radeon 9100
* Radoen 9100pro
* GeForce 3 Ti 500
* GeForce 4 Ti


WEAK-END These cards are what i expect to be necessary for GRAW, but expect huge Performance drop. Still very weak
* Intel GMA 900 Integrated graphics (chipset 915) (incredibly weak , does support PS 2.0)
* GeForce FX 5200 & GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (different models have wildly varying performance)
* GeForce PCX 5300
* GeForce FX 5700LE
* GeForce FX 5500
* GeForce FX 5600
* S3 S8 256
* GeForce 6100 IGP (integrated graphics)
* Radeon Xpress 200 (integrated graphics)
* GeForce FX 5700
* GeForce PCX 5750
* Radeon X300 (HyperMemory)
* GeForce 6200 (TurboCache)
* Radeon X550 (HyperMemory)
* Radeon X600 (HyperMemory)
* Radeon 9600SE
* Radeon 9550
* Radeon X550SE
* Radeon X300
* Radeon 9600


LOW-END these cards, are told to be weak, but for most people these can provide suitable gameplay
* Radeon X1300 (HyperMemory)
* Radeon 9500
* GeForce 6500
* Volari V5 Ultra
* Radeon 9600pro & Radeon X600pro
* GeForce FX 5700ultra
* Radeon 9600XT & Radeon X600XT
* Radeon 9500pro


MID-RANGE These cards are Enough powerfull to provide you fairly good experience
* Radeon X1300 (All-in-Wonder 2006)
* GeForce FX 5800
* Radeon 9700
* GeForce PCX 5900
* Radeon 9800
* S3 Chrome 27
* GeForce 6600
* Radeon X1300pro
* Radeon 9700pro
* GeForce 5800
* GeForce FX 5900ultra
* Radeon 9800pro
* Radeon X700
* GeForce FX 5950ultra
* Radeon X700pro
* GeForce 6800LE
* GeForce 6800XT
* GeForce 6800 (PCI-express version)
* GeForce 6600GT
* Radeon X800SE
* Radeon 9800XT
* Radeon X800GT


HIGH-END These cards a more than enough, and definitely should play GRAW with medium/good settings
* Radeon X1600pro
* Radeon X800
* GeForce 6800 (AGP version)
* Radeon X800GTO (256MB version)
* Radeon X1600XT
* GeForce 6800GS
* Radeon X800pro
* GeForce 6800GS (PCI-express version)
* GeForce 6800GT
* Radeon X800XL
* GeForce 6800ultra
* Radeon X800XT
* Radeon X800XT
* Radeon X850XT
* GeForce 7800GS


MEGA-RANGE These cards are Impressive! They are very expencive, But very powerfull! Expect them run GRAW With High settings
ATTENTION! i can't guarantee you a perfect listing with these cards, but they all are outrageous!
* GeForce 7800GS (PCI-express version)
* Radeon X1800XL
* GeForce 7800GT
* Radeon X1800XT
* Geforce 7800GTX
* Radeon X1800XT Platinum Edition
* Radeon X1900 All-in-Wonder
* GeForce 7900GT Asus (PCI-express version)
* GeForce 7800GTX 512
* Radeon X1900XT
* GeForce 7900GTX
* Radeon X1900XTX
* Geforce 7900GTX Asus
* Geforce 8800GTX NEW!!!

Videocard Pricing list

I have Dealt woth two lists of video cards, first AGP then PCI-express (as asked), of cards that I've discovered are the top deals for what you get. Note that these are all RETAIL, and ONLINE, for the UNITED STATES; The reason i decided to pull out UNITED-STATES, are more closer for you. Click the card name to go to the page with the card for sale.
Click the card name to go to the page with the card for sale.

[LIST]

AGP
112$ GeForce 6600, AGP with 256MB video RAM

139$ GeForce 6600GT, AGP with 128MB video RAM

149$ Radeon X1600pro, AGP with 256MB video RAM


159.99$ GeForce 6800, AGP with 128MB video RAM


229$ GeForce 6800GS, AGP with 256MB video RAM


319$ GeForce 7800GS, AGP with 256MB video RAM

MORE AGP cards and PCI list coming tommorow

Step FOUR: Comparison and last words
Now your job is follow Steps ONE and TWO and comparize them between each others. use Step THREE to check, if you videocard is able to run this game. Im tired of you "I have this, and is it going to be able to run this game" whining. Now dont ask anymore, jsut use These steps, and remember, what bigger number, that better!

I seriously hope this will help most of you and will give you an answer for your question! I made this in 5 hours, including checking Benchmarks. Im going to rest for a awhile, hope you good Comparison time!"

This message has been edited. Last edited by: capteenix,

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<<Game marketing is ought to be bigger than the game itself>>

nice nice!!! been willing to type up something like that for ppl.. just cbf!

hope ppl understand now

thx realy nice

Nice one mate. Mind if post over GRNET Sticky.

Colin

quote:

Originally posted by ColinCJ:
Nice one mate. Mind if post over GRNET Sticky.

Colin

Just do it

Done cheers.
http://www.ghostrecon.net/forums/index.php?

Posted on the French forum also. Yep

Many thanks capteenix

Nice post, but people still won't read it and we'll get the ever increasing "does my pc work with GR:AW?" threads on this board.

Good idea though.

Good post but I have a question. Will my Mac be able to run GRAW?



Just Kidding ...
Good thing you didn't spend the time to do this list while you were waiting for GR2.

Are you going to do one for the x360?



The things I do for a laugh. I am very impressed with the work on this post, capt. Good Job!

nice!

Great work. I posted it on our forum boards, hope you don't mind.

Sticky???

Just pleased to find out my machine will be in the mega range section. Not that I'm showing off or anything! :P

People will still ask if their PC can run it. Can we get this thread stickied or something? By the way mine doesn't even come close!!

But that'll change soon. We need to make a new range, something like "Insane/stupid range" for my new PC. It'll be a 30" monitor with dual SLI Radeon X1900XTX's. w00t!!!!

have to say nice post just the thing to help ppl

Just doing my part in trying to keep this thread at the top of the forums for all to see.

lol

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Nice 1

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good post btw

Keepin it up!